The Government has announced its plans to continue to invest £70 million into psychological therapies designed to treat common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Since 2007, the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) scheme has focused on increasing access to talking treatment Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)...
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June 24, 2010
June 21, 2010
New Psychological Therapies Strategy Welcomed By Clinical Psychologists In Northern Ireland
The British Psychological Society's Clinical Division in Northern Ireland have welcomed the launch of the Psychological Therapies Strategy for Northern Ireland by the Minister for Health Mr Michael McGimpsey. The new strategy has encompassed key priorities that Clinical Psychologists support for improving access and use of mental services across Northern Ireland...
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June 8, 2010
Psychiatrists Say Promises For Psychological Therapies In Northern Ireland Must Not Be Watered Down, Northern Ireland
The publication of a A Strategy for the Development of Psychological Therapy Services is welcome, but the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has warned that without proper funding it cannot be fully implemented, resulting in people with mental health problems here continuing to miss out on therapies that can turn their lives around...
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November 3, 2009
Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Gets Positive Results
A study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers. The results are published today, 2nd November 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
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